[ProgressingAmerica]

He is wrong on this one in the details though, and its in the details where progressives are winning and we are losing.

"The right lacks vision. They play a rearguard game. They don't have a compelling story to tell young people."

We do. But among those few who know the story, they don't want to tell it.

"On slavery:

It was the British who decided hands down that slavery was wrong and then did something about it. And that is documented historical reality.""

It most certainly is not. America owns the story of abolition, not the British. In the early to mid 1770s, Britain was obstructing and downplaying any attempts in our colonies to do away with slavery.

It was the BritishAmericans who decided hands down that slavery was wrong and then did something about it, only to be stopped by the British.

THAT is documented historical reality. Britain has her own issues to deal with over there on that side of the Atlantic. But for those of us here in the states, we need to remember to teach what is contained in the Declaration of Independence and the fact remains. Britain treated us terribly. That included our attempts to halt slavery.

The British do not own abolitionism. Americans do.

[Eleutheria5]

The British, however, were invaluable in abolishing the trade on the high seas, now back bad as ever, if not worse.

[Smber]

“The British do not own abolitionism. Americans do.”
Pax Brittania, which includes America owns abolitionism. WHAT DISTINGUISHES THE WEST REGARDING SLAVERY IS THAT THE WEST TOOK PROACTIVE STEPS TO END IT. Wilberforce in the early 19th century forced the end of the practice at the same time abolitionist forces in the US were working against it as well.